POLL: Remote Monitor/Control of your Wanderlodge

[davidbrady]

Thanks for your input everyone, and please keep voting! To vote scroll to the top of this thread.

So far we're probably looking at around $400 for the equipment to get connected over the cell phone network (gsm/CDMA router and ZigBee gateway) and less than fifty bucks for an arduino and XBee shield to allow throwing switches and sensing temperature, etc (monitoring and control). Then there's a buy as you go data plan for around $4 to $8 per month.

This set of equipment will also be able to directly send you a text for immediate alarm conditions.